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In this series of the laws of the Spirit which are principles you must
adhere to to walk in the Anointing of Christ, and we will address knowledge
you ought to understand to walk in the anointing of Christ.

"AND WITHOUT CONTROVERSY. GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS."
&nbsp&nbsp(1 Timothy 3:16)

THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT:

COMMENTS

"MAN NEVER SPOKE LIKE THIS MAN." (St. John 7:46)

The religious leaders in old Israel had tremendous power
over the people. They had their own police force.
Officers were sent to arrest Jesus, but not without the notion
he might bring fire down on them like Elijah did in Ahab's
reign. The officers were understandably cautious.
When they returned
empty handed, the religious leaders wanted to know why they
had not arrested Jesus. They answered: "Man never spoke
like this man." Jesus was a supernatural man. The Spirit
of God was in his mouth. His words were "QUICK AND POWERFUL
AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO EDGED SWORD." "The voice of the
Lord is full of majesty." (Psalm 29:4)
When he returns in
the glory of God, he will kill Antichrist by speaking a
lightning bolt from his mouth. God's resurrected people
will be gathered in the clouds to witness the sword of
the Spirit in the Lord's mouth. "AND THEN SHALL THAT
WICKED BE REVEALED, WHOM
THE LORD SHAL CONSUME WITH THE SPIRIT OF HIS MOUTH, AND SHALL
DESTROY WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING:" (2 Thessalonians 2:l8)
Do you who call yourselves preachers have THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
in your mouth or is it only your imagination?

"FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK, AND POWERFUL, AND SHARPER
THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVIDING
APART OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, AND OF THE JOINTS AND MARROW,
AND IS A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART."
(Hebrews 4:l2)

God "MAKES HIS ANGELS SPIRITS; HIS MINISTERS A FLAMING FIRE."
True "WHOLLY SANCTIFIED" ministers of God have a sword of the
Spirit in their mouth.
The Apostle Paul wrote that God
"ALSO HAS MADE US ABLE MINISTERS OF THE
NEW TESTAMENT; NOT OF THE LETTER, BUT OF THE SPIRIT: FOR THE LETTER
KILLS, BUT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE." (2 Corinthians 3:6) The
Word of God the apostles spoke was
"QUICK, AND POWERFUL, AND SHARPER THAN
ANY TWO EDGED SWORD...."
"IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT QUICKENS; THE FLESH PROFITS
NOTHING:" Jesus said. "THE WORDS I SPEAK UNTO YOU, THEY ARE
SPIRIT, AND THEY LIFE." (St. John 6:63)

"OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE AND I WILL FILL IT." (Psalm 8l:l0)

It will do no good for you to open your mouth wide and expect
the Lord to fill it unless you are in the Spirit. "OUT OF THE
BELLY WILL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATERS" into the sounds of
truth the righteous speak in the Spirit whether it be preaching,
praise, or prayer or as it was on Pentecost when the hundred and
twenty spoke in tongues. The principle is always the same. "OPEN
YOUR MOUTH WIDE AND I WILL FILL IT." It is the Spirit of the
Lord who is in the mouth of the righteous. He is the sword of
the Spirit. "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with
God and THE WORD WAS GOD." (St. John 1:1) His Word is Spirit.
(St. John 6:63)

BUT TRULY I AM FULL OF POWER BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD,
AND OF JUDGMENT, AND OF MIGHT, TO DECLARE UNTO JACOB HIS
TRANSGRESSION, AND TO ISRAEL HIS SIN." (Micah 3:8)

Those who study to show themselves
approved of God to enter into the harvest fields in
(St. Luke 9:l) "power and authority" to build the
sword of the Spirit, are laboring to one day be
"full of power by the Spirit" of Christ. This is not a
"pat them on the back" sword as many suppose. The Lord said:
"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not
to send peace, but a sword."(St. Matthew lO:34)
In the second half of
the Tribulation, two prophets speak fire like flamethrowers
from their mouth to devour their enemies (Revelation ll:5)
and Christ kills Antichrist in the battle of Armageddon
with a lightning bolt from his mouth.
(Ref. 2 Thessalonians 2:8)(Ref. Isaiah 30:30) Too many
believers are offended at the slightest reproof of instruction.
What will you do when you come before the Lord at the Judgment
Seat of Christ where a sword of the Spirit shall be found in
his mouth? Do you only know of the gentle Jesus taught in
the churches? If you are to be like him in the anointing,
you must be ready to speak what the Lord would speak if you
are to see the sword of the Spirit in your mouth.